Lot #: 414
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Two Three-Gallon Stoneware Jars with Cobalt Decoration, Stamped "P. HERRMANN," Baltimore, MD, circa 1875, both of cylindrical form with squared rims and applied lug handles, one with brushed tulip motif on front and reverse, one with brushed clover motif on front and reverse. Both impressed with Peter Herrmann maker's marks. Floral-decorated jar with base chips and a spider line across underside, including hairlines extending up body of jar. Clover-decorated jar in excellent condition with some faint surface lines to exterior of rim, a chip to exterior of rim, and a chip to interior of rim.
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